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"THE ZOO STORY" AND "TALKING WITH" TO BE PRESENTED AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNVIERSITY William Paterson University continues its
fall theatre season with "The Zoo Story" by Edward
Albee and "Talking with" by Jane Martin. "The Zoo Story" is a riveting, one-act play about Jerry, an isolated and downtrodden young man who shatters the complacency of a well-off, middle-aged man named Peter. Their disparate lives collide explosively when Jerry spies Peter reading peacefully on a Central Park bench and regales him with a long, mesmerizing monologue about the soul-killing events that prompted his trip to the New York zoo. In "Talking With," the characters amuse, move and frighten the audience with their eccentric confessions, tales of obsession and humor. Featured in the cast are William Paterson students Amanda Arthur of Clifton, Sherry Capers-Dock of Paterson, Tara Ricart of Prospect Park, Alyce Janel Rosolen of Clifton, Ivy Walker of Clifton, Tommy Drogon of Kenilworth, and Andrew Semegram of Wyckoff. Other cast members include Valerie Lynn, a high school student in Wayne, and Lilli Marques of West Orange. Philip Cioffari, professor of English at William Paterson, directs both plays. Cioffari is an author, poet and playwright, whose works include a one-act play, "Night Hunting," which received staged readings at the Circle Repertory Company Lab and the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, both in New York. A graduate of St. John's University, Cioffari holds a doctorate in English from New York University. He has studied acting and directing in New York at the H. B. Studio and the New School for Social Research. He is a resident of Fort Lee. For additional information or to purchase
tickets, please call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.
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